How to teach homeschool spelling

This one is easy: Don’t. You heard me correctly.  Don’t teach homeschool spelling.  Well, not as an independent subject at least.  All my kids are excellent writers and I gave up spelling lists within the first couple weeks of homeschooling.  There are several reasons for this: Spelling programs are, as a whole, BORING to teach.…

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I can’t tell you how many times people ask me what the best homeschool curriculum for young children is.   I know exactly what they are asking and it’s a great deal more than what book should I use.  They want a guide.  A mentor.  A “how to book”.  An insurance policy.  They want to know…

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In creating this website and all my travelschooling units one of the more time consuming tasks is setting up affiliations with vendors I like and trust.  As a small business owner myself I really appreciate the “little guy” and want to avoid the major online sellers for my homeschool book purchases.  I am a big…

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As the clock starts ticking down to our departure we are getting a little bit more serious about making concrete plans.  We decided selling our car and flying to Alaska and purchasing a new car there to drive home in the spring might be the best option, but guest what?  The airlines aren’t transporting dogs…

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Finding the time to homeschool

Selling our house, building a business, and homeschooling….. yeah it’s a lot.  People ask all the time “How do you have the time to homeschool?” And the answer has been formulated through years of trial and error.  (If you work full time and want information on how to manage that read this article first and…

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So I am still trying to figure out how to add this to my travelschooling tab, but I think posting it as a blog post is also beneficial. I am learning all the technical stuff as I go. Generally speaking Rick does all the boring stuff for Christopher Travel like figuring out technology so I…

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While it’s definitely not a good time to travel at the moment travelschooling takes a lot of planning and now is the perfect time to get started for next year.  I usually plan my trips 10-12 months in advance.  (Except this grand adventure we are doing this year.  This one will be totally on the…

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Since I am a bit overwhelmed with the large number of variables in the next few weeks I have decided to focus a bit on my travelschooling road trips and from there we can piece together where we are going once we close on the house.  Since coronavirus continues to be an enormous concern we…

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Yay!  I was the recipient of a random act of kindness.  We’ve all seen the FB memes and heard the stories, but wow when it happens to you it’s like the sky is opening up and the warmth of the sun is pouring down on your rainy day.  Let me start by saying I have…

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Homeschooling Middle School and Learning to Color in the Lines

LS is my baby and the fact she is going into eighth grade is really freaking me out.  Luckily she loves being the baby and although she’s been working on her preteen snarkiness it doesn’t come naturally to her so I am cautiously optimistic I can pretend I still have a little kid at least…

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